Chapter 5
I stared at myself in the mirror as I finished applying my make-up. I twirled around watching my wedding gown flow. I placed my veil over my eyes and nodded.
"I can do this!" I said to myself. I heard a knock on my door and saw Francie peer in.
"Hey sweetie!" She called. She let herself in and showed off her beautiful purple gown. It had tiny white flowers all over it. She was going to be my maid of honor today.
"Hey Fran!" I cried. She ran up to me and gave me a hug.
"You ready?"
"Yeah. I think I am."
"Then let's go! The limo's here."
I followed her out to the white limo my father had rented for us. I slipped in along with her. I smiled as the limo began to move, heading towards the church where we were going to get married. I felt my palms begin to sweat.
I sighed as the limo pulled to a stop.
"You ready?" Francie asked.
"I think I am."
I followed Francie out to the church's garden, where the ceremony was being held. I saw loads of people all dressed up. I searched for my dad and waved to him. He interrupted hi conversation with Marshall, which he looked happy to get away from.
He lifted up my veil and placed a kiss on my cheek. "Hey babe. You ready?"
"Yeah, I am."
My father gave a thumbs up to the gazebo where the minister was standing. I heard a lot of hustling and bustling and I saw all the people rushing to their seats. The bride's maids who were Francie, Carrie, and Weiss's girlfriend Amy, took their places on the left side of the gazebo. The groom's men who were Will, Marshall and Will, assembled on the right side.
My father and I walked to the back of the aisle and he held his arm out for me. I willingly took it. I smiled as I heard the organist start to play Here Comes the Bride' as my father and I began to walk down the aisle.
I looked up at Vaughn who was smiling back at me. My father gave me a hug and one more kiss as I went up next to Vaughn. I grabbed his hand. He gave it a soft squeeze.
"You ready?"
I smiled, getting tired of being asked that.
"Yeah. Let's do this!" We walked up to the pastor who was going to perform the ceremony.
He began the ritual, but I wasn't really paying attention. Neither was Vaughn. We were just staring at each other like we couldn't believe this was happening.
"Do you Sydney Bristow take Michael Vaughn to be your husband? To have and to hold, through the good times and the poor?"
"I do." I said, smiling bigger than before.
"And do you Michael Vaughn take Sydney Bristow to be your wife? To have and to hold, through the good times and the poor?"
"I do." Vaughn said.
The pastor handed me Vaughn's ring, which I slipped his ring on his ring finger. The pastor then handed Vaughn my ring, which he slipped on my ring finger.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."
Vaughn lifted up my veil and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and heard the clapping and cheering of the audience.
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I took one last bite of my cake as I heard my favorite song come on. It was called You Get Me' by Michelle Branch.
"Michael! Come on, let's dance!"
He sighed and reluctantly left his cake to come dance with me, a true husband. I saw Will and Francie, and Marshall and Carrie, and Weiss and Amy come onto the dance floor as well. I also saw many other couples come on to the dace floor as well.
So I'm a little left of center
I'm a little out of tune
Some say I'm paranormal
So I just bend their spoon
Who wants to be ordinary
In a crazy, mixed-up world
I don't care what they're sayin'
As long as I'm your girl
Hey, you were on my side
And they, they just roll their eyes
I lay my head against Vaughn's shoulder as we danced across the floor.
You get me
When nobody understands
You come and take the chance, baby
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
And still you want me all the time
Yeah, you do
Yeah, you get me
"Can you believe we're married?" Vaughn asked me.
So what if I see the sunshine
In the pouring rain
Some people will think I'm crazy
But you say it's okay
You've seen my secret garden
Where all of my flowers grow
In my imagination
Anything goes
"Yeah I can." I pulled myself closer to him.
I, I am all you want
They, they just read me wrong
"Hi guys!" Marshall stopped dancing with Carrie and was now waving a camera in our faces.
You get me
When nobody understands
You come and hold my hand, baby
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
Still you want me all the time
Yeah, you do
'Cause you get me
"Hi Marshall. What do ya want?" I asked him.
Hey, you were on my side
They, they just roll their eyes
Yeah, yeah, yeah
"I just wanted to get a picture of the beautiful bride and the handsome groom!" Marshall held the camera up to his eye and took a picture of us. The light was very bright. "Thanks guys!"
'Cause you get me
When nobody understands
You come and take the chance, baby
You get me
When none of the pieces fit
You make sense of it
You get me
You look inside me wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
And still I want you all the time
Yeah, I do
'Cause you get me
"I don't think anything could go wrong, do you?" I whispered in Vaughn's ear.
"No, I don't think so."
Just moments later, a black SUV screeched to a halt to the left of the dance floor. Vaughn and I broke apart. About five men covered in black jumped out, guns in their hands.
One of them pointed towards us and yelled, "There they are!"
"RUN!" Jack called to us, pulling out a gun of his own. The rest of the people began screaming and running towards their cars.
Vaughn pulled me off the dance floor and to his car. We quickly got in and sped off. We sped down the streets until we found a freeway. When we found one, and Vaughn didn't seem to care where it would take us, we got on.
Vaughn sighed and slowed down a bit. "I think it's not safe to go back."
I shook my head. My heart was still beating fast. "No. Me neither."
I heard a cell phone ring and Vaughn made a desperate reach for it. He answered it. "Hello?"
"Vaughn? It's Jack."
"Jack?"
I nervously looked at Vaughn when I heard my father's name.
"Where are you?"
"Heading towards San Diego."
"Get to the safehouse there. We'll have someone meet you there with instructions."
"Why?"
"That was an ambush led by Sloane. We managed to kill or capture all of them, but we know for sure that they were working for Sloane. I'll be in contact later."
Vaughn hung up the phone and turned to Sydney.
"What's wrong?"
"Sloane's after us."